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Debian 3.0: DSA 687-1 Critical: Bidwatcher Format String Remote Exploit

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2005
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Ubuntu has released an update to the gnome-screenshot utility that fixes a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution. Users should upgrade immediately for enhanced protection.
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Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your bidwatcher package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 637 2a65bc6cbed81466721793318948aed4
Size/MD5 checksum: 3368 b36c63ae2e6a5c42bb13c506f980e1ba
Size/MD5 checksum: 136679 2094c233fa21c80f65d5dce1bf4fb133

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 95574 dc1f1c5581af8526fe916ea0246fec8e

ARM architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 85060 6dff37d2d...

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